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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate the members and
4coaches of the Rock Island Rocks boys' basketball team on the
5occasion of winning the 2011 Illinois State High School
6Association Class 3A State Championship; and
 
7    WHEREAS, The Rock Island Rocks defeated the Centralia
8Orphans 50-40 in a double overtime win to capture the State
9Championship IHSA Class 3A State Basketball Tournament in
10Peoria; and
 
11    WHEREAS, The 2010-2011 Rock Island Rocks earned the first
12ever state title for Rock Island and became the first team from
13the Quad Cities to claim first place in the boys' state
14basketball tournament, something that has eluded the Quad
15Cities for more than a century; and
 
16    WHEREAS, The Rock Island Rocks finished their incredible
17season with an impressive 30-3 record, setting a program record
18for single season wins and winning the second state title in
19Western Big 6 Conference history; and
 
20    WHEREAS, The members of the Rock Island Rocks are Royce
21Muskeyvalley, Cameron Ruiz, Romal Davis, Chasson Randle,

 

 

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1DaShawn Banks, Marquel Beasley, Devon Jones, Darquez Bonner,
2Denzel McCauley, Greg Henderson, Keith Keesy, and Shaq Jalloh;
3the team's head coach is Thom Sigel and the assistant coaches
4are Dan Coyne-Logan and Toney Hickman; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Coach Thom Sigel is the first coach in state
6history to win state titles with two different teams in two
7different conference classes, having previously won a title
8with Rock Falls in the 1999 Class A State Championship; and
 
9    WHEREAS, The members and coaches of the Rock Island Rocks
10serve as models of hard work, integrity, and dedication for the
11people of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
13NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
14we congratulate the members and coaches of the Rock Island
15Rocks boys' basketball team on the occasion of winning the 2011
16Illinois State High School Association Class 3A State
17Championship and wish them continued success and happiness in
18the future; and be it further
 
19    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
20presented to the Rock Island Rocks as a symbol of our esteem
21and respect.